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John Dalton is the author of the novel, Heaven Lake, winner of the Barnes and Noble 2004 Discover Award in fiction and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is currently a member of the English faculty at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he teaches in their MFA Writing Program. John lives with his wife and two daughters in St. Louis.

Biography

John Dalton was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, the youngest of seven children. Upon graduation from college, he received a plane ticket to travel around the world, and so began an enduring interest in travel and foreign culture. During the late 1980s he lived in Taiwan for several years and traveled in Mainland China and other Asian countries. He attended the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop in the early 1990s and was awarded two fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown as well as a James Michener/Paul Engle Award for his (then) novel-in-progress, Heaven Lake. He presently lives with his wife in North Carolina.

Author biography courtesy of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Good To Know

Some interesting outtakes from our interview with Dalton:

""I worked for several years at the Barnes & Noble in Ladue, Missouri.""

""When I was 23 and graduated from college, my older brother gave me a plane ticket to travel around the world. I went to Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and then on to Europe, traveling mostly on my own.""

""I had nothing to do with the invention of the periodic table.""

""I play Frisbee golf as a hobby -- I once threw a hole-in-one.""

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The Art Of Dying Well: (or, How to Be a Saint, Now and Forever)

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A Few Remarks on the Revival of Church Architecture

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A Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Saint Teresa De Jesus at Alba De Tormes and Avila

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The Expansion of Gases Heat: Memoirs

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The Gentle Snap

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Fasciolosis

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The Trial Of Samuel Tully & John Dalton, On An Indictment For Piracy, Committed January 21st, 1812: Before The Circuit Court Of The United States, At Boston, 28th October, 1812: Containing The Evidenc

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Ein Neues System Des Chemischen Theiles Der Naturwissenschaft; Volume 1 034162697X Book Cover

Ein Neues System Des Chemischen Theiles Der Naturwissenschaft; Volume 1

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Meteorological Observations and Essays

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Don't Hold Back: Adventure at Sea 1466436220 Book Cover

Don't Hold Back: Adventure at Sea

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Two Sermons Preached Before The University Of Oxford, At St. Mary's, On Sept. 15th, And Oct. 20th, 1745: Publish'd For The Use Of The Younger Students In The Two Universities

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A Descriptive Poem, Addressed to Two Ladies, at Their Return from Viewing the Mines Near Whitehaven: To Which Are Added, Some Thoughts on Building a 1178997464 Book Cover

A Descriptive Poem, Addressed to Two Ladies, at Their Return from Viewing the Mines Near Whitehaven: To Which Are Added, Some Thoughts on Building a

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The Religious Use of the Visitation of Sickness: Recommended in a Sermon Preach'd at the Abbey-Church at Bath, for Promoting the Charity and Subscript 1247527980 Book Cover

The Religious Use of the Visitation of Sickness: Recommended in a Sermon Preach'd at the Abbey-Church at Bath, for Promoting the Charity and Subscript

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On The Phosphates And Arseniates, Microcosmic Salt, Acids, Bases And Water And A New And Easy Method Of Analysing Sugar 1019301155 Book Cover

On The Phosphates And Arseniates, Microcosmic Salt, Acids, Bases And Water And A New And Easy Method Of Analysing Sugar

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The Expansion Of Gases By Heat

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Orgoglio e idea preconcetta

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Stolz und vorgefasste Meinung

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Körperliche Fitness Sport und Jungen

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A New System Of Chemical Philosophy, Volumes 1-2 1021206555 Book Cover

A New System Of Chemical Philosophy, Volumes 1-2

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A Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Saint Teresa De Jesus at Alba De Tormes and Avila 1022769634 Book Cover

A Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Saint Teresa De Jesus at Alba De Tormes and Avila

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$19.97 - $30.95

Foundations of the Atomic Theory: Comprising Papers and Extracts by John Dalton, William Hyde Wollaston, M. D., and Thomas Thomson, M. D. 1016338694 Book Cover

Foundations of the Atomic Theory: Comprising Papers and Extracts by John Dalton, William Hyde Wollaston, M. D., and Thomas Thomson, M. D.

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A new System of Chemical Philosophy; Volume 1 1017724555 Book Cover

A new System of Chemical Philosophy; Volume 1

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A new System of Chemical Philosophy; Volume 2 1018582657 Book Cover

A new System of Chemical Philosophy; Volume 2

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A new System of Chemical Philosophy; Volume 2

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